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Digital Comics Store Update 3/9/2010

Posted by Lord Shaper on 09 3rd, 2010 | no responses

Hi Everyone – Here is this week’s update for the digital comics store on the PSP. There are now over 2000 comics to choose from! Highlights include: The magnificent 2004-vintage Captain America...

Neil Gaiman’s Sandman Television Series in...

Posted by Lord Shaper on 09 3rd, 2010 | one response

Neil Gaiman’s Sandman is being planned as an television series reports Heat Vision. Warner Bros. is allegedly seeking a creative entity to become the program’s showrunner, but the article ...

Walking Dead already getting Second Season

Posted by Lord Shaper on 09 2nd, 2010 | one response

The Walking Dead aren’t just coming to your living room — they’ve already got an invitation to stay. Comic Book Movie has reported that the Robert Kirkman-created zombie thriller has already been...

Top Cow Starts Three Retailer Incentive Programs

Posted by Lord Shaper on 09 2nd, 2010 | one response

New Top Cow Direct Market Liason Atom! Freeman told ICv2 that three new programs have been launched in his brief tenure in the role. The first is the Retailer Reader Challenge, which began as a program...

Lady Death’s Origin Revealed in New Graphic...

Posted by Lord Shaper on 09 1st, 2010 | no responses

New publisher Boundless Comics is proud to announce the November release of LADY DEATH ORIGINS VOLUME ONE, the first in an exciting new line of graphic novels collecting the historic adventures of Brian...

Millar Says Kick-Ass 2 Has Been Greenlit

Posted by Lord Shaper on 09 1st, 2010 | one response

Mark Millar was a guest on today’s Richard Bacon show on BBC Radio Five Live. Here’s what he said about the supposedly imminent sequel to Kick-Ass: The estimate is [Kick-Ass] will do 100 to 150 million...

Teen Titan’s: Games Delayed due to Surgery

Posted by Lord Shaper on 08 31st, 2010 | no responses

George Perez posted to Facebook; As many of you have already learned, The TEEN TTANS: GAMES graphic novel has been taken off the November release schedule and will be re-solicited. The fault is entirely...

Open Call for Atomic Robo Pin-up Art

Posted by Lord Shaper on 08 31st, 2010 | one response

Artists of all ilk… hobbyist, professional and anyone in between… Red 5 Comics is looking for new Atomic Robo-themed fan pin-up art for issues of the fifth volume of Atomic Robo’s adventures....

Contest Winner Announced

Posted by Lord Shaper on 08 31st, 2010 | one response

I know I’m late at posting this but the winner for The Furnace/Legion of Dudes Blu-Ray contest is Frank Castle who was one of the 2 people who successfully followed the instructions to post in the...

Cammy’s Comic Corner –...

Posted by Cameron Hatheway on 08 30th, 2010 | one response

Something a little different this episode. Since I couldn’t find one or five comics to talk about this week, I narrowed it down to three comics that came out from Image, all written by...

Your Say Sunday 29/8/2010

Posted by Lord Shaper on 08 29th, 2010 | no responses

Say whatever you want to in the comments to this post — random, off topic thoughts, ideas, suggestions, questions, recommendations, criticisms, surveys, introductions if you have ...

Digital Comics Store Update 28/8/2010

Posted by Lord Shaper on 08 28th, 2010 | no responses

We begin with a comic based on the acclaimed and hugely popular video game Starcraft! And it’s even free! Yes. This sizzling sci-fi action comic, set just before the events of Starcraft II, follows...

George Lucas vs Jedi Mind Inc

Posted by Lord Shaper on 08 28th, 2010 | no responses

When George Lucas came up with Star Wars, he probably never dreamed he’d end up playing Whack-a-Mole with products he felt encroached too closely on his territory. Last month, we told you about...

Image Comics and ComiXology Launch App...

Posted by Lord Shaper on 08 27th, 2010 | no responses

Image Comics enters the digital market today with the launch of the Image Comics app for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch. The app, developed on the leading digital comic book platform by comiXology,...